>> hello. it is 1:00 here in the french capital. you're watching live from paris on france 24. i'm catherine nicholson with the headlines. muslim worshipers in jerusalem have started returning to the after days of tension and sometimes deadly protest. we've got more for you from jerusalem. forest fires in the south of france forced the evacuation of

more than 10,000 people. they are now coming under control. protests across the united states after donald trump said he would been transgender people from serving in the military. also coming up in the program, full steam ahead is the french government repairs to nationalize the stx shipyard. will havess editor more. this is live from paris.

in jerusalem, the first worshipers have started returning to the al-aqsa mosque for the first time in many days. -- removed contentious security theiers that have been cause of deadly tensions in recent weeks. metal detector errors have been installed. over.ul protests boiled >> i call on palestine to -- the mosque at al-aqsa. come and give praise to god. and pray to protect our holy place and people. we pray not to let the occupation continue to block our

faithful from entering the holy mosque. children have welcomed israel's remover of the ventricle -- barriers. the images of these cheering palestinians and the removal of metal detectors wednesday and overnight tuesday and overnight the metal barriers is the sign anger ande is shamefaced kind of feeling amongst right-wing israelis and politicians also looking at the palestinian leadership saying, criticizing them for following the crowd not leading it.

on one side and a feeling on the other. not much happiness in israel today. >> staying in the region, a cease-fire has come into effect on the lebanese syrian border. hezbollah says it is on the verge of defeating jihadist militants. have beenfighters killed in recent days and more 150 militants. let's bring in our correspondent in beirut. he joins us live. can you give us more detail on the cease-fire announcement? >> the cease-fire announced between the formerly al qaeda linked fighters and hezbollah came into effect 6:00 this

morning. after days of fighting, a battle taking place high in the mountains around the lebanese syrian border where has below been trying to eject these fighters from their only foothold on lebanese territory. speaking last night, the head of hezbollah declared a military victory. he said this has happened quicker than they expected after only a week of fighting. we are in something of a pause at the moment. negotiations are taking place for the withdrawal of the fighters in northern syria which is a opposition stronghold. way out of they situation is either through negotiations or a return to combat. put anysition to conditions on the talks s and if ththey don't succeed they will

return to the military o option. have an incentive for these talks to work because although they have killed 150 or so fighters they have also lost something like two dozen of their own fighters. a second phase of fighting is still anticipated. what can you tell us about that? >> the first phase of this battle was only against al-nusra. a larger area immediately adjacent to the territory that was formerly held by islamic state group. nas rolla said he wouldn't address this second phase of the battle until the first phase against al-nusra was finalized. the lebanese army is ramping up its presence in that area sending reinforcements. -- theg his army lebanese army -- couldn't escape

from the area where the battle was taking place. the foreign minister tweeting the armyddressing saying, go after them our heroes. the islamic state group still holds nine hostages from the lebanese army. the islamic state group have refused to take part in any so this will likely be a battle to the bitter end. >> thank you, adam plebs reporting from beirut. so this will likely be a battle to the bitter end. emmanuel macron has pledged to take new asylum seeking hotspots. jumping off point for the vast majority of people seeking to reach europe illicitly. peopleonger wants to see sleeping in the streets and in the woods of france.

earlier in the day the french president spend time visiting refugee families. he has also provided a rare honor to this group of people on as they were granted their french nationality, handing out there naturalization certificates. the fires in the south of france that forced the evacuation of more than 12,000 people are evolving in the right direction. strong winds fanning the flames. refugelidaymakers took on beaches in one of the country's most popular tourist regions. more than 6000 firefighters have rattled the flames in recent days. special planes dropping fire retardant from the skies. around 250 trailer homes have been destroyed. areas in the french

riviera had been ravaged by wildfires in recent days. among the worst, the area around the resort town. 12,000 people have been evacuated including local residents and more than 3000 campers. three fires are still underway. >> the fires are still raging and right now we are focusing all of our efforts on the the town.tskirts of we are fighting under extremely difficult weather conditions which we have faced since june. meanwhile wildfires have been kept under control. hench prime minister said expects the flames to die down

by thursday evening. have an of firefighters deployed to tackle the blazes. 1200 hectares in the national park. corsica thed of battle to quell the flames continues. authorities say the fires have been contained. not yet fully under control. hundreds of residents have been evacuated. the number of wildfires in france has declined by 40% over the past two decades. despite a marked increase in temperatures. authorities say this has been thanks to awareness campaigns and a better understanding of what causes fires. 92% of wildfires are caused by humans. outcry in the united states and beyond after donald trump said he would ban transgender people from the american

military. protesters sprung up from san francisco to new york. wednesday's announcement came as a surprise after donald trump claimed when he was a candidate to fight for transgender people. some members of the party praised the move. both are public and democratic party supporters and politicians have joined the criticism. carrying resistant signs, hundreds of protesters in new york gathered to voice their anger at president trump surprise announcement. what is the point of banning people from joining the army when we are here trying to protect us. for our own president to shut us down is horrifying. >> america is definitely for everybody. >> democrats and even some republicans denounced president

trump's announcement. the minority leader said providing health care for transgender servicemen and women was an excuse. >> it is a cruel and arbitrary decision designed to humiliate transgender americans who have stepped forward to serve and defend our country. the president's allegations of areendous medical cost bald-faced lies. caring for transgender people in the military amounts to 1/100th of 1% of its budget. advocacy groups say cutting costs is not trump's real ativation in rolling back policy created by president obama last year. he can toe everything undermine all of our alliances. to he seems to be trying undermine our actual military.

you don't do military readiness policy by tweaked and win. if his tweet translates into an axle policy change civil liberties and rights groups have about to unleash a plethora of lawsuits to challenge the ban in the name of equal rights. in paris, rainy summer weather might be tempting the holiday fun for visitors this week but overall tourism chiefs are celebrating as visitor numbers are seen picking back up to a record level. arrivals had dropped off to medically after the deadly attacks in paris of november 2015 and the truck attack in nice one year ago. moulin rouge has been pulling in the crowds again. tonight it's fully booked. 900 visitors from across the entire globe will experience the thrills folly and fantasy of the

famous cabaret. a welcome change after last year's dwindling tourist numbers. >> in 2016 we only managed to fill on a 5% of the seats. in the first semester of 2017 7%. been a 15% increase in sales since the start of the year. this tour's spot that reflects an overall global trend. a 4% rise compared with last year's figures. experts put this down to a global change in public attitude. paris no longer seems particularly unsafe. >> the repetition of these events and the sheer frequency of them means the public is becoming used to them. have been tourists going ahead organizing trips to cities across europe and paris.

>> the crowds are out in full force alongside a heavy security presence that is now part of the landscape. tourism figures for 2017 already look promising thanks to return of national visitors. this year's first-quarter figures were 20% higher than in 2016. >> it's a quarter past 1:00 in the afternoon. muslims in jerusalem are starting to return to the al-aqsa mosque for their prayers after contentious security barriers were removed. forest fires in the south of france have forced the evacuation of more than 12,000 people are still burning. now starting to come under control. protests across the united states and beyond after donald trump said he would then transgender people from serving in the u.s. military.

let's move on with a check on the top business news of the day with stephen carroll. starting off with a very big for france. the government planning to nationalize the major shipyard in the west of the country. >> that's right. it has built vessels including the largest cruise liner in the world. to buy out its south korean owners appears to be on the rocks. the french government will nationalize the site in the coming hours. it will be the first major intervention by the new ranch government and the private sector since emmanuel macron was elected. >> the french government is taking a leap to nationalize its biggest shipyard. paris wants to block italian companies from having full control of stx france.

it was put on the market following the collapse of its south korean parent. retain 55% of the company with france keeping 45%. emmanuel macron's government wants to renegotiate. government offered italy a deal to split the ownership 50-50 warning that if they refused france would take majority ownership. ahead head of a decision on thursday government representatives insisted any nationalization would be temporary. >> we want to reaffirm france's place and national interest in this big naval yard which is important to our nation's economy. the biggest shipbuilder in europe. a historic rival of the french shipyard. unions are slipped over the theonalization option with hard-line in favor but others against. local representatives fear it

puts at risk the 7000 workers employed at the site. more concerned with having the facilities than the workers. of strategicrd is and economic importance to france. it's the only naval yard in the country with facilities kick all of building aircraft carriers. last year it deliver the largest passenger ship ever built. >> pretty big ships. turning to some pretty big numbers from facebook. >> they keep on getting bigger. profits at the social network jumped by more than 70% between april and june to just under $4 billion. revenues rose by 45% year on year and facebook passed the milestone of having 2 billion users logging in to the site every month. the social network has been warning for a year that it is reaching saturation in advertising in its newsfeeds. so far it has been able to compensate with increased prices. the challenge now is to make

money from its other apps like messenger and instagram. >> lots of companies reporting results today which makes for a pretty busy day on the market. >> some traders even calling it a day of hell. much movement on the major indices today. frankfort trading below the flat line. "5%.s in a volkswagen down 1.5% in germany despite reporting profits almost doubling. at's move on with a look results in detail. astrazeneca shares down 16% in a don after announcing cancer drug didn't prove as successful as they had hoped. better news for the oil companies royal dutch shell. their net profits grew by almost a third between april and june to over 1.3 billion euro's.

shell and industry rivals have been slashing costs in recent years. announcing the benefit of the increased price of oil. revenue dropped by 10% in the second quarter. the ceo warning the profitability at deutsche bank was still short of their goals. >> some traders are: today a day of hell. a mobile meditation unit has been set up in a unit that look like a food truck. customers are offered 10 minutes of guided meditation inside the van for $10. the is the grandchild of kristin westbrook to stick them up with it while working as a creative director in manhattan and wants

to give people the chance for a few moments of calm in their busy lives. thank you for that business update, stephen carroll. with our international newspaper review. you're going to start us off with a story that was born on totter that has spread pretty much every media outlet around the world. >> been announced in three tweets right donald trump banning transgender people from the u.s. military. remindservative paper us it's not an executive order because it was made on twitter. we don't even know if it's official. the writer does weigh in favor of trump's ban are doing that by

definition transgender people are a population suffering from a mental disconnect to their own bodies. the risk of suicide, hiv-aids and drug use and that's i quote, a pretty big series of red flags. sayser person in usa today the ban is unfair but correct because the u.s. military, needs to focus on defeating enemies, not restrooms and reassignment surgery. some very biting words from the conservative side. >> a lot of outrage about this as well. >> slate calls the tweets of torrent and says they play into a false narrative long used to avoid or delay changes in the military. integrating black americans into the military or allowing women to fight on the front line. will weaken the military which is already having trouble recruiting people. trump's claimnks that troops cost more in health

care. they cite a military study which says the department of defense spends five times as much on viagra prescriptions and 10 times as much in dealing with erectile dysfunction among military men. we have covered several times in recent press reviews. it has been such a long-running case. we're talking about charlie guard in the united kingdom. we have covered several times in recent press reviews. it has been such a long-running case. with a life ending genetic condition. >> that's right. his parents decided to end their legal battle to have him taken off life support and fly to the u.s. for experimental treatment. the little boy sadly is due to be taken off life support later this week. -- the economist

reminds us that it's a case that shed light on how different countries deal with such terminal cases in such different ways. in the u.k. it was clearly the ball was in the hands of the court to decide on the fate of charlie guard where as in the u.s. they tend to give more priority to the parents wishes. the case has sparked a lot of emotional responses across the world. news, the south african paper. a rabbi has written thing we can all learn from the fight for charlie guard, saying it takes emotional maturity to know when to let go. >> a visitor at the elysees palace yesterday attracted a lot of press photographers. >> that's right. rihanna met the french president and his wife at the elysees palace yesterday to lobby the french first couple to contribute to her charity fund

for education in the development -- developing world. they also had some lighter moments in their meeting as rihanna posted some pictures on her instagram feed. not everyone is amused. the british conservative magazine the spectator reminds us that macron has been slipping in popularity in recent months. many voters are disillusioned with his plans for reform and maybe some of them are even fed up of his omnipresence on the world stage. likened toicle he is tony blair who also tried to breathe new life into britain when he came into power. the magazine says unlike lair, macron is not off to a flying start and many have criticized his focus on recording pop stars like rihanna and bono rather than focusing on more pressing domestic issues. >> i wonder what the french version would be. staying in france, we are

awaiting a high-profile birth. hotlythis described as anticipated as the first pregnancy of kate middleton. we are in fact talking about a panda. >> a high-profile birth that has been compared to a royal birth. for sure.it's that's what the authorities at the zoo in central france have said in the statement. there panda is going to be a mom. female pandas are affordable -- fertile for about 48 hours in a year. in earlyis expected august. a high-profile birth that everyone is waiting for. >> that would be the very first panda to be born on french soil. the new cover of rolling stone magazine not featuring a rock star. rolling stone has put justin

trudeau on its front page with this headline. why can't he be our president gecko not all canadians are amused. his domestic rating is also falling according to huffington

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